Peat-collecting machine.



Patenuued Nov. H, 1902. W. A. MILNE.

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UNITED iSTATES 'Artnr OFFICE,

`WILLIAM ATKINSON MILNF., OF BROWNS CORNERS, CANADA.

FEAT-COLLECTING MACHINE.

SPEGIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,129, dated November 11, 1902. Application filed November 8, 1901. Serial No. 81,631. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ATKINSON MILNE, lumberman, of the village of Browns Corners, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peat- Collecting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in peat-collecting machines; and the object of the invention is to provide amachine which Will collect peat directly from the marsh in a dry and disintegrated state and convey it to y a suitable car; and it consists, essentially, in the novel arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described.

Figure lis a plan View showing the general arrangement of my machineand conveyingcar. Fig. 2 Vis an enlarged perspective view of my machine. Fig. 3 is a detail of my flexible pipe-joint. Fig.4is a cross-section through the mouthpiece of the suction-tube.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each gure.

A is the main supporting-car, provided with wheels a.

B is the track.

C is a supplemental supportingcar Vpro-l` vided With Wheels c, designed to travel on the track B. l

tance apart.

D is a fan-casing suitably secured in a diagonal position to the car A and provided with a suitable vacuum-fan.

E is a motor provided with a driving-pulley e.

d is the shaft of the fan, provided with a pulley CZ.

e is a belt connecting the drive-pulleye With.`

the pulley d' of the fan.

'F is a suction-tube provided with a month-n.

piece F'.

fis a iiexible joint composed of a series of annular sections f', pivotally connected together at either side by diametrically opposite bolts f2.

f3 represents guideways secured diametrically opposite each other to each section of the jolnt.

f4 represents metalstrips secured at one end to a portion of the suction-tube and loosely held inthe guideways f3. These strips are designed to insure that each section of the joint takes an equal portion of the bend,there 'by'preventing the sect ions partingat any place and allowing ingress of air.

To allow for the vertical movement of the suction-pipe, I provide the bolts f2 at diametrically and horizontally opposite points, so as lto accommodate the height of the mouthpiece to the unevenness of the ground.

The mouthpiece F' is formed of the down- -Wardly and laterally extending portion and the vertical portion F3.

G represents slide-plates attached to the lmouthpiece F and designed to make, in connection with the mouthpiece; a furrow of uniform Width.

H is a shoe com posed of the plate h, secured centrally to the mouthpiece by angle-irons h. h3 represents angle bars secured to the plates h and having upturned outer ends.

FA1 is a shoe-plate securedto the bottom of jrthe angle-bars h3, forming the body of the shoe.

Y '.-G and G2 are parallel connecting-.bars secured to suitable standards or brackets g g', secured to the carA at their inner ends, and

- pivotally secured to brackets g2 and g3, sec is a connecting-rod loosely secured to thev carsA and C, keeping them at a suitable dis-Y cured tothe shoe F at their outer ends, so as to keep the mouthpiece at right angles to the track.

`Gis an adjustable bar pivotally secured at its outer end to the bracket g2 and ,pro-

` vided with aseries of holes G4.

. g4 is a standard secured to the car- C and provided with a swivel top socket g5, having a hole 9G. The socket g5 is vdesigned to support the bar G5 in position, being held in "place by a bolt gT passing through the socket g5 and one of the holes G4.

f G3 is a brace connecting the upper portion of the mouthpiece with the bar G'. The mouthpiece is connected to the suction-tube by a clamping-collar g8, provided'with lugs g9 and a tightening-screw g1". When it is necessary for the mouthpiece of the suctiontube to move in a new track, it is merely neoessary to unclamp the collar g8 and withdraw the bolt Q7, thus enabling the mouthpiece to IOO be moved inwardly or outwardly, as desired, the parallel bars always keeping said mouthpiecein the sanne angular position to the track.

I is the conveyer-car.

i is a tube connecting the vacuum-fan casing with the conveyer-car.

It will be seen from this description that a great extent of ground may be covered Without necessitating the removal of the tracks.

The peat is first harrowed and allowed to dry until it is disintegrated or in the form of dust or powder, when it is removed by passing the mouthpiece of the suction-tube over the surface of the marsh. The dust is then drawn up into the fan and expelled into the conveyer through the tube z'.

It will be seen from this description that I provide a very simple and expeditious Way of removing the peat, whereby a great saving of time and labor is effected as compared with the former mode of removing the peat in a wet state and drying it afterward.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination, a supporting-car, a fancasing carried thereby having a suitablydriven fan, a suction-tube connected to said casing and having a liexible portion and a downwardly-turned outer end, and means for adjusting said suction-tube as to its radial and vertical position, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the supportingcars, of a fan-casing supported on the same and provided with a fan suitably driven, a suction-tube connected to said casing provided With a iiexible joint and having a downturned outer end and a longitudinally-Haring and laterally-converging mouthpiece rotatably connected to said tube, means for adjusting the radial and vertical positions of the suction-tube and means for retaining the mouthpiece in the same angular position to the body of the machine throughout such radial movement as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with the supportingcar, of the fan-Casin g secured thereto and provided with a suitably-driven fan, of a suctiontube connected thereto having a downturned outer end and an inner fiexible joint, connecting-rods pivotally connected to the truck and to the outer end of the suction-tube, a supplemental car, a connecting-rod pivotally connected to the outer end of the tube and adjust-ably and pivotally connected to the supplemental car as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with the supportingcar and the conVeyer-car, ofa fan-casing connected by a tube to the conveyer-car sec'ured to the supporting-car provided With a suitably-driven fan, of a suction-tube connected to said fan-casing by a flexible joint and havinga downturned outer end,a suitable mouthpiece secu red thereto, dividing-plates secured to each side of the said mouthpiece and a supporting-shoe secured beneath the mouthpiece as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM ATKINSON MILNE.

Witnesses:

M. MACLAREN, L. TRIMBLE. 

